Data Source Research Method

2. To identify the factors influencing the language development of Tonya Walsh Yudi.

1.4 Scope of Discussion

In this study, the discussion would focus on the language acquisition of Tonya Walsh Yudi as an intermarriage child especially in her English vocabulary. There are some points to be discussed in this study; the development stages of Tonya Walsh Yudi in acquiring her first language and the factors influencing the language development of Tonya Walsh Yudi.

1.5 Research Method

Based on Iswari 2010:3, in producing a piece of scientific writing, a study must use methodology to get the structural scientific writing. Research is a process of finding something systemically which requires time, uses scientific methods and valid values. Methodology is systematical steps in doing research, used to examine certain problems in accordance to the research. This research used qualitative method because it is not using statistical data. It was explained descriptively with some related explanation. The research method in writing this research is classified into four points, those are; choosing the relevant data sources, how the data was collected, how the data was analyzed, and how the data was presented.

1.5.1 Data Source

There are two types of data obtained to support the discussion of this study. They are primary data and secondary data. The primary data to support this study was obtained by observing Tonya directly for three months in using language to communicate with her parents and from the i nterview results of Tonya’s parents named Peter John Walsh and Ni WayanYudiani on October 27, 2015. This is the personal data of Tonya as the subject of this study. Name : Tonya Walsh Yudi Gender : Female Address : Jimbaran Cliffs Hotel Nusa Dua, Gedong Sari Street xxx, Mumbul Date of Birth : August 25, 2009 Age : 6 years old School : Taman Rama School br. Cengkiling Puri Gading, Jimbaran Grade : 1 Tonya was chosen as the subject of this study because she is an intermarriage child. Her father is Australian and her mother is Balinese. Tonya uses three languages to communicate at home. Tonya speaks English with her father, she speaks in Indonesian and English with her mother and she speaks Balinese with her grandmother. It would influence Tonya in acquiring her first language because the language differences of their parents. Beside, in August 2015, she was six years old. Therefore, this study would focus more on English Vocabulary of Tonya than her first language. It is because Tonya has been able to produce vocabularies especially in English. Her age is known as the critical age or critical period. Critical age or critical period means the period of child that heshe becomes more critical to the surrounding, especially critical to a language. Therefore, her parents also gave many efforts to her in acquiring her first language acquisition. The efforts of the parents could be seen by the results of the interview. Meanwhile, secondary data of this study was obtained from the books, thesis and articles in Journal International related to the discussion of this study. The secondary data must be relating to the theory used in this study. The purpose of obtaining the secondary data from the books, thesis, and journal are to support the primary data taken from Tonya as the subject of this study and to see the strength, the weakness and the relevance between the previous study and this study.

1.5.2 Method and Technique of Collecting Data